Kia ora and hello everyone from Rotorua, New Zealand - home of the 2006 UCI World Mountain Bike and Trials Championships. It's been busy - with lots of 2006 course building and with the arrival of summer and the marvelous tracks of the Whakarewarewa Trail Network being in fantastic condition there has also been a lot of riding to get in!

There have been a lot of developments. Check out the web site - www.2006rotoruamtb.comfor:  A course update. Check out photos of the 4X including the amazing "wall ride", plus news on the XC and DH courses. We'll be updating photos as they come to hand.  News about sponsorship of the 2006 Trials...  and the 2006 Oceania Championships to be run on the world's courses.

It's now just 3 months to the first official event on the provisional world's courses. This will be the 2005 New Zealand Community Trust National Mountain Bike Championships, February 25-27. Full details are here: bikehubrotorua.com